Community Gardens As Anti-Crime Agents
With special guest, Rob Davis.
CPTED Canada’s vision is to promote safe community design through advocacy, education and networking. To this end, CPTED Canada will be holding a virtual monthly, education and networking session known as the CPTED Café for its members on the last Wednesday of each month (holidays excepted). What better place to engage in a casual conversation on a topical issue of general interest to our membership with our resident and other experienced experts?
This session features Rob Davis, retired Waterloo Regional Police officer, who will present insights from his recent paper:
“Community Gardens As Anti-Crime Agents”
Discover how police-led collaboration with the John Howard Society empowered a local neighbourhood to reduce calls for service — not just to police, but to multiple social agencies. This approach blends CPTED principles with William Schutz’s FIRO theory — emphasizing inclusion, control, and affection — to strengthen community cohesion and resilience.
So please be sure to make it a habit to “drop by” for our next CPTED Café session by clicking on the interactive registration link below. And while you are there you can leave a suggestion for a topic of general interest that you would like to see discussed in our informal and interactive way.